People are desperate to pretend that Democratic party entryist candidates are what they could never be, and recent events bring this endless cycle to relevan...
On your point about what to expect, I expect we’ll predominately see articles about all the things Mamdani doesn’t accomplish as well as any concessions he makes operating in a system HEAVILY skewed against his policy goals, and very little about what he actually does accomplish. These articles will come from virtually every source, serve to divide any base that exists left of right, and both discredit and dissuade future candidates.
I hope otherwise, but the pattern has historical precedent.
On your point about what to expect, I expect we’ll predominately see articles about all the things Mamdani doesn’t accomplish as well as any concessions he makes operating in a system HEAVILY skewed against his policy goals, and very little about what he actually does accomplish. These articles will come from virtually every source, serve to divide any base that exists left of right, and both discredit and dissuade future candidates.
I hope otherwise, but the pattern has historical precedent.